Dear Lizzy:

I missed two weeks due to some injuries and I can't believe how much I missed riding my bike! I even dreamed about it. So I can sympathize with you over your injuries. I'm sorry they were so serious as to keep you off your bike for so long. However, due to past experience I can honestly say healing up right will be far better than trying to do things before your completely healed. Otherwise, you risk more serious injuries with even a longer time to heal.

I like your advice about the tires. My husband says my bike doesn't roll down the hills as fast as his bike because of the knobby, slightly thicker, tires that I have. But at this point I don't really care how fast I'm going down hill. I'm still trying to get the basics down. I have to do it in my own way or I won't be comfortable.
Kind of like my first bike ride on a big bike when I was a kid. I was scared and didn't think I could do it even though my dad thought I could. I crashed. The bike was really way to big for me and I believe that probably contributed to my fall. But I didn't feel comfortable with it and did it anyway to please my parents. They felt bad that I crashed but since they were poor they bought a big bike expecting it to last me until I was grown up. It did and I never really grew into it until I was about 18. Though I had managed to learn how to make it work for me.

What are slicks?

Well take care.
BB